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The Women of the Copper Country by Mary Doria Russell
4.0

This book should be read by every Michigander - at a minimum. I grew up in the lower peninsula and lived in the Keeweenaw most recently. And while I learned some of the history there - I had no idea about the conditions to this clear degree.I knew of Sisu but didn’t comprehend its depth. And I felt the anger when I lived there but I didn’t realize the century of time it has festered.

We can learn a lot by reading. And even tho this is a work of fiction, it is based and grounded in actual events and people’s lives. I have learned a lot from this book. The struggles conveyed continue today and this book gives me a clear perspective of them.